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6 hours ago | bbc.com | Nathan Briant

Court backlog hampering justice, says police chiefReutersJason Hogg, pictured last year, spoke to Oxfordshire councillors this weekCriminal cases involving violence against women and girls should be dealt with within two weeks, a police force's chief constable has said. Jason Hogg, Thames Valley Police's (TVP) most senior officer, said the "main issue" in resolving cases over recent years has been the criminal justice system's backlog.

15 hours ago | bbc.com | Matt Lloyd

Fish and chips for 20p? The unearthed menu frozen in timeEvans PlaiceCheap as chips! The menu, dating back to 1971, listed meals for penniesFor more than half a century, a chip shop's forgotten price board gathered dust in a household garage. But when it was unearthed by Andrew Lewis, the third-generation owner of the family-run restaurant, he described it as being like "something from another age".

19 hours ago | bbc.com | Sarah Rainsford

Venice divided as lavish Bezos wedding brings glamour and protestsSarah RainsfordReutersJeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez pictured on Saturday on the final day of their wedding celebrations in VeniceThe lavish wedding party of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and TV presenter Lauren Sanchez concludes this evening in Venice with the main gala event. But as their celebrity guests step into water taxis from their luxury hotels, paparazzi poised, some Venetians are gathering to protest against the big event.

22 hours ago | bbc.com | Marcus White |Galya Dimitrova

Council workers create owl carving from dead treeMarcus White & Galya DimitrovaDorset CouncilThe barn owl carving is a reminder of "thoughtful acts", the council saidA council has felled a dead horse chestnut tree and carved a barn owl from the stump. The tree at Hooks Corner in Cerne Abbas, Dorset, was planted in the 1980s by the village school's headmaster at the time, Dorset Council said. However, it was pronounced dead after failing to come into leaf this spring.

1 day ago | bbc.com | David Deans

First minister right to raise concerns - StarmerDavid DeansPolitical reporter, BBC Wales NewsBBCSir Keir Starmer visited RAF Valley to mark Armed Forces DayThe prime minister has played down divisions within his party after weeks of public criticism of him from Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan. Sir Keir Starmer told BBC Wales the Welsh first minister was "right to raise concerns" and promised to "deliver on those as far as we can".